Gws Surname

6,723,624th
Most Common
surname in the World

Approximately 8 people bear this surname

Most prevalent in:
Indonesia
Highest density in:
Thailand

Gws Surname

The meaning of this surname is not listed.

Gws Surname Distribution Map

PlaceIncidenceFrequencyRank in Area
Indonesia41:33,062,298643,618
Thailand31:23,546,115908,588
Pakistan11:178,643,885213,220

Gws (10) may also be a first name.

Gws Last Name Facts

Where Does The Last Name Gws Come From? nationality or country of origin

The surname Gws occurs more in Indonesia more than any other country/territory. It may appear as:. For other possible spellings of this surname click here.

How Common Is The Last Name Gws? popularity and diffusion

The last name is the 6,723,624th most commonly used surname globally. It is borne by approximately 1 in 910,943,240 people. The last name occurs predominantly in Asia, where 100 percent of Gws reside; 88 percent reside in Southeast Asia and 50 percent reside in Malayo-Arabic Southeast Asia. Gws is also the 3,684,242nd most prevalent given name on earth, borne by 10 people.

Gws is most widely held in Indonesia, where it is borne by 4 people, or 1 in 33,062,298. In Indonesia it is primarily found in: North Sumatra, where 100 percent are found. Besides Indonesia this surname is found in 2 countries. It also occurs in Thailand, where 38 percent are found and Pakistan, where 13 percent are found.

Phonetically Similar Names

SurnameSimilarityWorldwide IncidencePrevalency
Hgws8616/
Ghws864/
Gwsd862/
Gwws861/
Gwsz861/
Gwss861/
Gwsp861/
Gwsj861/
Gvws861/
Gcws861/
Ngws861/
Ghwsh7517/
Hgwsc751/
Gkwws751/
Kgwsp751/
Cws67102/
Gvs6755/
Gbs6744/
Qws6712/
Kws6710/
Gwz675/
Ghwshh672/
Gwx671/

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Footnotes

  • Surnames are taken as the first part of an person's inherited family name, caste, clan name or in some cases patronymic
  • Name distribution statistics are generated from a global database of over 4 billion people - more information
  • Heatmap: Dark red means there is a higher occurrence of the name, transitioning to light yellow signifies a progressively lower occurrence. Clicking on selected countries will show mapping at a regional level
  • Rank: Name are ranked by incidence using the ordinal ranking method; the name that occurs the most is assigned a rank of 1; name that occur less frequently receive an incremented rank; if two or more name occur the same number of times they are assigned the same rank and successive rank is incremented by the total preceeding names
  • Ethnic group cannot necessarily be determined by geographic occurrence
  • Similar: Names listed in the "Similar" section are phonetically similar and may not have any relation to Gws
  • To find out more about this surname's family history, lookup records on Family​Search, My​Heritage, FindMyPast and Ancestry. Further information may be obtained by DNA analysis